Mudslide closes road in Catskills

LEXINGTON, N.Y. (AP) -- New York state transportation officials say a road in the Catskill Mountains is closed after a mudslide sent rocks, trees and soil crashing onto the roadway.

Department of Transportation officials say the mudslide occurred around 9:40 a.m. Thursday on a section of Route 42 in the Greene County town of Lexington, on the northern boundary of the Catskill Park 40 miles southwest of Albany.

The road remains closed Friday and DOT officials say they haven't determined yet when it will reopen.

About a 3-mile stretch of the road is closed through the Halcott Mountain pass between Route 6 and the Greene-Ulster county line. Motorists are being directed on detours that take them from state Route 23A to Route 214 to Route 28.

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